TERI to set up Centre in Ethiopia

CHENNAI: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will soon set up its centre in Ethiopia to focus on climate change and jointly work with African countries on the issue.

"The problems faced by Earth are multi inter-disciplinary in character. Climate change is one of the greatest threats. The (new) centre will focus on climate change in Ethiopia and look to work with various governments in Africa in this regard," Dr R K Pachauri, Director General of the Institute said here today.

Pachauri, who is also the Chairman of the Nobel prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was inaugurating a Centre for Climate Change at the Anna University.

There was a shift taking place in the US' stance with regard to climate change and efforts were now being made on a substantial scale to try and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, Pachauri said.

The impact of climate change on India would be very severe at both the social and economic levels. India had to develop sustainable solutions which the world can adopt, he said.

"We have to look at the imperative of sustainable development, to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the need of future generations," he said.

He also warned that the impact of climate change would be serious on agriculture and food sustainability and there was a need to develop different agricultural and cropping patterns.

"Water management will also become very important. We need to revamp the entire drainage system. Our hydro power plants should take into account the impact of the increasing precipitation levels," he said.

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